variola
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- variolar adjective
Etymology
Origin of variola
1795–1805; < Medieval Latin, equivalent to Latin vari ( us ) speckled ( various ) + -ola -ole 1
Example Sentences
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The smallpox vaccine was invented some 180 years before the disease was eradicated, but in that time, the variola virus that causes smallpox—a relative of the monkeypox virus—never evolved to resist the jab, Lefkowitz says.
From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2022
Since May, a far less lethal cousin of variola, the monkeypox virus, has been spreading around the globe, giving the virus unprecedented opportunities to change and adapt to the human population.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 15, 2022
Smallpox is a human virus transmitted by inhalation of the variola virus, localized in the skin, mouth, and throat, which causes a characteristic rash.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The variola virus, which causes smallpox, is the only disease to have been eradicated by human medicine.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2022
Hemorrhagic variola occurs, without question, in different types.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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